Erfurt I is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Landtag of Thuringia. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 24. It contains northern parts of Erfurt, the capital and largest city of Thuringia.[1]
Erfurt I was created in 1990 for the first state election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Karola Stange of The Left.
Geography
editAs of the 2019 state election, Erfurt I is located entirely within the urban district of Erfurt. It covers the northern part of the city, specifically the city districts (Stadtteile) of Alach, Azmannsdorf, Gispersleben, Hochstedt, Hohenwinden, Kerspleben, Kühnhausen, Linderbach, Mittelhausen, Moskauer Platz, Rieth, Roter Berg, Schaderode, Schwerborn, Stotternheim, Sulzer Siedlung, Tiefthal, Töttelstädt, Töttleben, Vieselbach, and Wallichen.[1]
Members
editThe constituency was held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from its creation in 1990 until 2004, during which time it was represented by Johanna Arenhövel. It was won by the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) in 2004, and represented by then-state leader Bodo Ramelow. In 2009, Ramelow instead ran in Erfurt III, and Erfurt I was won by Karola Stange of The Left, successor party of the PDS. She was re-elected in 2014 and 2019.
Election | Member | Party | % | |
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1990 | Johanna Arenhövel | CDU | 37.2 | |
1994 | 38.2 | |||
1999 | 46.8 | |||
2004 | Bodo Ramelow | PDS | 38.6 | |
2009 | Karola Stange | LINKE | 30.2 | |
2014 | 36.8 | |||
2019 | 28.9 |
Election results
edit2019 election
editState election (2019): Erfurt I[2] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Left | Karola Stange | 5,871 | 28.9 | 7.9 | 6,950 | 34.1 | 0.1 | ||
AfD | Herold Corinna | 4,974 | 24.4 | 4,914 | 24.1 | 13.4 | |||
CDU | Michael Hose | 4,909 | 24.1 | 5.1 | 3,877 | 19.0 | 7.6 | ||
SPD | Haß Torsten | 2,460 | 12.1 | 9.6 | 1,658 | 8.1 | 6.1 | ||
FDP | Christian Poloczek-Becher | 868 | 4.3 | 1.5 | 991 | 4.9 | 2.6 | ||
Greens | Michael Host | 838 | 4.1 | 0.6 | 858 | 4.2 | 0.6 | ||
Free Voters | Oliver Jahn | 357 | 1.8 | ||||||
MLPD | Ibrahim Kücük | 68 | 0.3 | 57 | 0.3 | ||||
List-only parties | 1,105 | 5.4 | |||||||
Informal votes | 315 | 250 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 20,345 | 20,410 | |||||||
Turnout | 20,660 | 63.7 | 12.8 | ||||||
Left hold | Majority | 897 | 4.5 | 3.1 |
2014 election
editState election (2014): Erfurt I[3] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Left | Karola Stange | 5,909 | 36.8 | 6.6 | 5,556 | 34.2 | 3.1 | ||
CDU | Johanna Arenhövel | 4,691 | 29.2 | 0.1 | 4,328 | 26.6 | 0.0 | ||
SPD | Haß Torsten | 3,483 | 21.7 | 2.1 | 2,351 | 14.5 | 5.3 | ||
AfD | 1,732 | 10.7 | |||||||
NPD | Patrick Borkowski | 784 | 4.9 | 0.4 | 568 | 3.5 | 1.1 | ||
Greens | Robert Bednarsky | 753 | 4.7 | 0.7 | 781 | 4.8 | 1.0 | ||
FDP | Christian Poloczek-Becher | 445 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 373 | 2.3 | 4.3 | ||
List-only parties | 560 | 3.4 | |||||||
Informal votes | 432 | 248 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 16,065 | 16,249 | |||||||
Turnout | 16,497 | 50.9 | 4.6 | ||||||
Left hold | Majority | 1,218 | 7.6 | 6.5 |
2009 election
editState election (2009): Erfurt I[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Left | Karola Stange | 5,519 | 30.2 | 8.4 | 5,701 | 31.1 | 1.7 | ||
CDU | Tabia Gies | 5,324 | 29.1 | 7.7 | 4,872 | 26.6 | 10.9 | ||
SPD | Birgit Pelke | 3,594 | 19.6 | 3.7 | 3,637 | 19.8 | 5.3 | ||
FDP | Jürgen Listemann | 1,050 | 5.7 | 1.2 | 1,213 | 6.6 | 3.0 | ||
FW | Helmut Besser | 1,001 | 5.5 | 858 | 4.7 | 4.0 | |||
Greens | Kathrin Hoyer | 982 | 5.4 | 1.2 | 1,064 | 5.8 | 1.4 | ||
NPD | Andreas Udhardt | 830 | 4.5 | 839 | 4.6 | 3.6 | |||
List-only parties | 162 | 0.9 | |||||||
Informal votes | 469 | 423 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 18,300 | 18,346 | |||||||
Turnout | 18,769 | 55.5 | 6.3 | ||||||
Left hold | Majority | 195 | 1.1 | 0.7 |
2004 election
editState election (2004): Erfurt I[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
PDS | Bodo Ramelow | 6,398 | 38.6 | 11.8 | 5,519 | 32.8 | 7.1 | ||
CDU | Johanna Arenhövel | 6,108 | 36.8 | 10.0 | 6,318 | 37.5 | 11.6 | ||
SPD | Birgit Pelke | 2,629 | 15.9 | 4.8 | 2,440 | 14.5 | 3.3 | ||
FDP | Sven Meth | 754 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 610 | 3.6 | 2.9 | ||
Greens | Dirk Adams | 690 | 4.2 | 1.8 | 732 | 4.4 | 2.7 | ||
List-only parties | 1,208 | 7.2 | |||||||
Informal votes | 1,017 | 769 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 16,579 | 16,827 | |||||||
Turnout | 17,596 | 49.2 | 9.6 | ||||||
PDS gain from CDU | Majority | 290 | 1.8 |
1999 election
editState election (1999): Erfurt I[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Johanna Arenhövel | 10,442 | 46.8 | 8.6 | 11,025 | 49.1 | 12.2 | ||
PDS | 5,988 | 26.8 | 3.6 | 5,789 | 25.7 | 3.2 | |||
SPD | 4,610 | 20.7 | 10.2 | 4,001 | 17.8 | 12.0 | |||
Greens | 537 | 2.4 | 5.3 | 378 | 1.7 | 2.8 | |||
REP | 434 | 1.9 | 132 | 0.6 | 0.3 | ||||
FDP | 300 | 1.3 | 166 | 0.7 | 1.5 | ||||
List-only parties | 994 | 4.4 | |||||||
Informal votes | 449 | 275 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 22,311 | 22,485 | |||||||
Turnout | 22,760 | 58.7 | 14.6 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 4,454 | 20.0 | 12.7 |
1994 election
editState election (1994): Erfurt I[7] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Johanna Arenhövel | 11,306 | 38.2 | 1.0 | 11,016 | 36.9 | 0.9 | ||
SPD | 9,132 | 30.9 | 9.1 | 8,890 | 29.8 | 5.7 | |||
PDS | 6,854 | 23.2 | 6.5 | 6,725 | 22.5 | 6.1 | |||
Greens | 2,288 | 7.7 | 1.5 | 1,349 | 4.5 | 4.3 | |||
List-only parties | 1,880 | 6.3 | |||||||
Informal votes | 977 | 697 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 29,580 | 29,860 | |||||||
Turnout | 30,557 | 73.3 | 5.1 | ||||||
CDU hold | Majority | 2,174 | 7.3 | 8.1 |
1990 election
editState election (1990): Erfurt I[8] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
CDU | Johanna Arenhövel | 9,714 | 37.2 | 9,978 | 37.8 | ||||
SPD | 5,692 | 21.8 | 6,346 | 24.1 | |||||
PDS | 4,355 | 16.7 | 4,318 | 16.4 | |||||
Greens | 2,404 | 9.2 | 2,312 | 8.8 | |||||
FDP | 2,084 | 8.0 | 2,221 | 8.4 | |||||
DSU | 1,421 | 5.4 | 596 | 2.3 | |||||
UFV | 409 | 1.6 | 182 | 0.7 | |||||
List-only parties | 412 | 1.6 | |||||||
Informal votes | 894 | 608 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 26,079 | 26,365 | |||||||
Turnout | 26,973 | 68.2 | |||||||
CDU win new seat | Majority | 4,022 | 15.4 |